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** Replication File **
** Title: Personal Experience and Public Opinion: 
**** A Theory and Test of Conditional Policy Feedback
** Authors: Amy E. Lerman and Katherine T. McCabe
** Journal: The Journal of Politics
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The replication materials include three STATA data files and a set of STATA .do files and R code files to replicate all analyses in the main paper. The associated codebook describes the survey questions and variable codings used to develop the analyses. 

The data file “joprep1.dta” is the analysis data file for generating the results in the paper from the 2012 Cooperative Congressional Election Study (CCES). The STATA .do file “joprep1.do” contains code for generating the numeric results for Figure 2, Table 1, Figure 3, Figure 4, Figure 5, and Figure 7. The R code file “joprep1.R” contains code for generating the numeric results and/or visualizations for Figures 1-7.

The data file “joprep2.dta” is the analysis data file for generating the results in the paper from the June 2011 Pew Research Center Political Study. The STATA .do file “joprep2.do” contains the code for replicating the results in Table 2.

The data file “joprep3.dta” is the analysis data file for generating the results in the paper from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Trends study. The STATA .do file “joprep3.do” contains the code for replicating the results in Table 3.


The analysis data files are adapted and contain limited portions from the following sources:
Ansolabehere, Stephen. 2012. “CCES Common Content, 2012”, http:hdl.handle.net/1902.1/21447 CCES [Distributor] V2 [Version]

Pew Research Center. 2011. “June 2011 Political Survey.” Note: The Pew Research Center bears no responsibility for the analyses or interpretations of the data presented here.

Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health Tracking Polls. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. 



